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Behind Closed Doors, Racist Banter and Talk of Murdering Journalists Apr. 25, 2023
What happens behind closed doors when officials are meeting unlawfully has long been a concern of th... Read More
Racing Away From Our Past With Judge Jackson Apr. 06, 2022
WASHINGTON — The vortex of our vexed record on race came out with the cherry blossoms. These ... Read More
The Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act Has Been a Long Time Coming Apr. 01, 2022
I can only imagine the range of deep emotions that the Rev. Wheeler Parker felt as he watched Presid... Read More
Long-overdue Federal Anti-lynching Law Finally Appears Headed for Passage Mar. 04, 2022
At last, Congress appears poised to designate lynching as a federal hate crime punishable with enhan... Read More
A Georgia Jury Correctly Draws the Line on Stand-your-Ground Rights Dec. 01, 2021
The multiple guilty verdicts last Wednesday against three white Georgia men who cornered and murdere... Read More
Hoaxed by #FakeNoose Again Jun. 24, 2020
You are being lied to, America. Again and again and again. Hysterical journalists are in on The Big ... Read More
The White Supremacist Lynching Hoax Jun. 17, 2020
If you type "#HoustonLynching" in Twitter's search engine, hundreds and hundreds of tweets appear. T... Read More
When Believing All Women Leads to Evil May. 12, 2020
The hashtag #BelieveWomen stemmed from an era when women claiming to have been sexually assaulted we... Read More
Remembering -- and Talking About -- Lynching in America Oct. 31, 2019
Michele Norris is an award-winning journalist and founder of The Race Card Project. Last week, Norri... Read More
The 'Lynching' Controversy and the Death of Common Language Oct. 23, 2019
In the Bible, the people of Babel unite in fighting God; they decide to build a massive tower to cha... Read More
Short Takes on Confusion, Clarity and Everything in Between Mar. 04, 2019
Punting the Issue Imagine our surprise when local St. Louis attorneys accused the National Football ... Read More
There's No Laugh Line in a Lynching Nov. 14, 2018
Earlier this year, on April 26, a new museum dedicated to the victims of American white supremacy op... Read More
Alabama Memorial to Lynching Victims May. 03, 2018
We must admit up front that we've only seen photos and read stories about the powerful memorial to l... Read More
Could I Lynch Casey Anthony? Jul. 07, 2011
My grandmother on my father's side was an illiterate immigrant woman who lived in America for 68 yea... Read More
